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Tiny Tachinid Fly - Gymnosoma
Copyright © 2009 Alice Cavette

Tiny Tachinid Fly - Gymnosoma
Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, Alameda County, California, USA
July 8, 2009
Size: <1cm

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Contributed by Alice Cavette on 8 July, 2009 - 5:10pm
Last updated 9 July, 2009 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Phasiinae.
… Alice Cavette, 9 July, 2009 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Same group as your other
Tachinid fly, but this one looks to me like Gymnosoma. They're all over the place, wherever Pentatomid bugs, their larval hosts, are around.
… Hartmut Wisch, 8 July, 2009 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Hairy Butt
I was looking at Tachinids but thought they all had hairy butts :)

Thanks!
… Alice Cavette, 8 July, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

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